Geopolitics – May 15
Report: Climate change will bring big problems for small number of countries
Moscow warns of future energy wars
King Abdullah of Jordan’s ultimatum: peace now or it’s war next year
Pipelineistan goes Af-Pak
Fossil Fuels
ODAC Newsletter – 15 May 2009
A weekly review from a UK perspective.
The Reign of Error
Some of us think humankind will be running low on exploitable fossil fuels in the first half of the 21st century. Resource depletion can change climate change scenarios significantly. I’ll briefly present my version of that story here, my confidence buoyed by the knowledge that such a narrative can not possibly be less reasonable than positions staked out in the global warming debate.
Deep thought – May 14
Peak Oil or Climate Change: Which Is Most Urgent?
On American Sustainability – Anatomy of Societal Collapse
Global Citizenship- Opportunities for Change
Food & agriculture – May 14
The ‘Process’ of Rebuilding a Local Food Economy
Michael Pollan Dishes out Advice on Healthful Eating
How should we eat to ensure a sustainable future?
There is No Box: Big Ideas About Urban Agriculture and Local Food Systems
Solutions & sustainability – May 14
Working hard to live simply
K-5 curriculum for the post-carbon era
Local Living Economies – Protecting What We Love
Latest newsletter from Community Solutions
Bright Neighbor: Connecting and tightening neighborhood bonds
Peak oil notes – May 14
A weekly round up including:
– Prices and production
– Venezuela
– China
Transport – May 13
More Cyclists Means Fewer Accidents, Says Report
Car-Free in America?
Building a Low Cost EV in 1 Week
United States – May 13
Green ‘Czar’ Pushes Jobs, Community-Building (audio & text)
Obama’s Weird Idea of Auto Industry Rescue: Use Our Money to Build Car Factories Abroad
Buying Brand Obama
Kunstler: Decoupling From Reality
Getting America Off Oil: The Oil Solutions Initiative
Peak oil & supplies – May 13
Oil Prices: Norwegian Supply Falls; Is $100 Oil Far Away?
RAND says cost of oil supply disruption worst threat
Tight storage may lead to huge oil price drop
New PhD thesis: Depletion and decline curve analysis in crude oil production
U.S. public health community begins discussing peak oil
Today’s health care services rely on infrastructure and practices that depend upon petroleum. That recognition offers public health professionals a significant chance to help prepare the nation for a post-peak oil world. (Report on conference at Johns Hopkins University, with support from the Centers for Disease Control – CDC.)
Energy industry – May 11
The Vulnerability of Energy Infrastructure to Environmental Change
“New” Nuclear Reactors, Same Old Story
Safety threat to planned nuclear power stations
